Mycoflora of bean, broad bean, lentil, lupine and pea seeds in Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Using the seed-plate method on glucose-Czapek's agar at 28 °C (±2 °C), 24 genera and 60 species in addition to two varieties were collected from bean, broad bean, lentil, lupine and pea seeds. The most frequent genera were Aspergillus (16 species + two varieties), Penicillium (14 species), Rhizopus (1 species) and Yeasts, followed by Fusarium (3 species), Mucor (4 species) and Drechslera (3 species). From the preceding genera, Aspergillus niger, A.flavus, Penicillium citrinum, Rhizopus stolonifer, Fusarium moniliforme or F. oxysporum, Mucor hiemalis or M. racemosus and Drechslera spicifera were the most prevalent species.